COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AGENCY

Date:

October 21, 2002

Set Time:

To Be Noticed

Hearing Date:

November 5, 2002

To:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

From:

Marcia Raines, Director of Environmental Services

Tom Casey, County Counsel

Subject:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Rent Control and Related Issues at El Granada Manufactured Home Park (EGMHP)

RECOMMENDATION

1.

Receive the attached report from the County Planning Commission.

2.

With regard to management issues at EGMHP, which staff and the Planning Commission believe would best be addressed by processing of a new use permit for EGMHP,

a.

Determine whether to draft and adopt new mobile/manufactured housing park regulations before seeking a new use permit from EGMHP.

b.

Direct staff to seek a new use permit application from EGMHP and process it under existing or revised regulations as a means of addressing management issues at EGMHP.

3.

Review the information in this report and the attachment from the County Planning Commission and provide direction to staff with regard to rent control at EGMHP.

4.

Provide direction with regard to any possible County role in the conversion of EGMHP to public, non-profit or tenant ownership.

BACKGROUND

On December 18, 2001, your Board referred to the Planning Commission the topic of rent control and related issues at EGMHP. The Commission held several hearings, including an evening hearing at EGMHP. The Commission's report is attached. Staff believes this matter presents three major issues requiring Board direction: (1) park management and tenant relations, (2) rent control and (3) possible changes in park ownership. We recommend that you review the information in this report, take testimony from the public and then provide staff guidance on how the County should proceed with regard to each of those issues.